1960.286: Ovoid Aryballos
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1960.286
- Title
- Ovoid Aryballos
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- mid-7th century BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Corinthia
- Period
- Orientalizing period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/291457
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta; buff clay, brown and reddish glaze
- Dimensions
- H. 6.2 cm (2 7/16 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson
- Accession Year
- 1960
- Object Number
- 1960.286
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Middle Proto-Corinthian. Lip: flat row of dots between bands. Handle: strap, zigzag line. Shoulder: rosettes. Body: frieze of running dogs above two wide bands. Cracked and mended. Part of lip and handle broken off.
Publication History
- Fogg Art Museum, The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities, A Special Exhibition, exh. cat., Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1961), p. 11, no. 36
Exhibition History
- The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities: A Special Exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, 05/01/1961 - 09/20/1961
Verification Level
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